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Evening Standard
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Megan Howe

Father-of-three to run London Marathon for daughter who defied 8% cancer survival chance

Andy and Emmie McPartland - (Supplied)

Every parent’s worst nightmare is hearing the words, “Your child has cancer.”

For Andy, 38, and Lindsay, 39, McPartland, that nightmare became a devastating reality in September 2019 when their 14-week-old daughter, Emmie, was diagnosed with a malignant rhabdoid tumour (MRT)—a rare and aggressive childhood cancer that typically develops in the kidneys or other soft tissues.

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